Neowin News Feed for: Protocol

Microsoft will begin blocking legacy TLS connections in Exchange Online soon

Usama Jawad — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:12:01 +0000

Outlook's backend is dropping outdated security protocols soon, and organizations still relying on them could face sudden disruptions unless they act fast. Read more...

Linux removing an outdated, insecure Microsoft USB network protocol that's still on Windows

Sayan Sen — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 22:16:02 +0000

The Linux foundation seems ready to finally axe a Microsoft-made remote network protocol for USB that is still a part of modern Windows operating systems. Read more...

Microsoft is getting rid of the Remote Mailslot legacy protocol in Windows 11 soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has disabled the Remote Mailslot legacy protocol by default in Windows 11 build 25314. A senior Microsoft manager has called it "disgusting" and "crap", saying that it will be removed soon. Read more...

Microsoft gives final warning about Basic Auth deprecation in Exchange Online

Usama Jawad — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 07:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued what appears to be the final public warning about Basic Authentication in Exchange Online being deprecated next month. Customers have been advised to switch to Modern Auth. Read more...

DNS over TLS is now available for Windows 11 Insiders, here is how to enable it

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:40:02 +0000

Microsoft has introduced a nifty feature for Windows 11 and Windows Server Insiders with build 25158. It's called "DNS over TLS" and could enable improved network performance, here's how to enable it. Read more...

Lavabit, Silent Circle close over governmental pressures

Paul Ferson — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:58:31 +0000

Two supposedly secure email services, Silent Email and Lavabit, closed within a matter of hours of each other, with concerns about government pressure over 'high-profile' users of the services. Read more...

Facebook to kill Facebook Connect

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:56:01 +0000

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced today that Facebook will be launching their new Open Graph protocol and APIs, eliminating Facebook Connect, according to Mashable, via the F8 conference. Facebook Open Graph is set to lockdown on... Read more...

OpenID is an untrusted protocol, says Sun

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:34:15 +0000

OpenID is an untrusted protocol. Sun has no liability for what happens to any information you give to a third-party web site using this service. Most OpenID-enabled sites are genuine but some may be phishers... Read more...

Samba Team Receives Microsoft Protocol Documentation

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:34:55 +0000

Today the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF), a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law Center, signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive the protocol documentation needed to fully interoperate with the Microsoft Windows... Read more...

"JAR:" protocol vulnerability discovered in Firefox

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:52:37 +0000

A vulnerability, which could be exploited to conduct cross site scripting attacks and gain knowledge of sensitive information, has been identified in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9,. This issue is caused by an input and origin validation... Read more...

Skype Protocol Has Been Cracked

Steven Parker — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:18:48 +0000

At the end of 2005 I made some predictions about the VoIP industry which I will review further in a day or two. While a couple of my predictions have already proved correct, perhaps the... Read more...

Mozilla updated to correct Windows protocol bug

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 23:52:40 +0000

Thanks to ibetheone in BPN for the heads up. Three new branches have been created for Firefox, Thunderbird, and the original Mozilla suite, in order to fix an external windows protocol handler... Read more...

New wireless network protocol for multi-hop networks

Fri, 28 May 2004 01:24:10 +0000

A new kind of wireless network protocol that is based on IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) allows users to link to network no matter which platform. "What we've designed is a system that... Read more...

Alpha Black Zero: Intrepid Protocol demo

Marcel Klum — Mon, 03 May 2004 19:43:26 +0000

A playable demo for Alpha Black Zero: Intrepid Protocol is now available, offering a chance to try out the squad-based third-person sci-fi shooter by Dutch developer Khaeon. This humongous download features Parts 1 through 3... Read more...

New Web Protocol May Leave DSL in the Dust

Fri, 16 Apr 2004 04:11:31 +0000

With the click of a BIC, speeding along the information superhighway may begin to feel like zooming down Germany's no-holds-barred Autobahn. BIC-TCP (binary increase congestion transmission control protocol) is a new data-transfer protocol that "makes... Read more...

U.S. Prods Microsoft to Widen Protocol Disclosures

Thu, 15 Apr 2004 05:13:03 +0000

U.S. antitrust authorities are prodding Microsoft Corp. to disclose more to rivals who license key Windows computer code under the company's landmark antitrust settlement, according to court papers filed on Wednesday. Microsoft has agreed to... Read more...

New protocol promises to smash Gigabit wireless impasse

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 03:07:23 +0000

UWB, the future wireless standard that could see half-a-Gigabit wireless links replacing USB and Bluetooth, could at last break out of its standards purgatory. A new proposal by PulseLink suggests any number of... Read more...

Vulnerability in Internet Explorer ITS Protocol Handler

Fri, 09 Apr 2004 09:59:01 +0000

There is a cross-domain scripting vulnerability in the way ITS protocol handlers determine the security domain of an HTML component stored in a Compiled HTML Help (CHM) file. The HTML Help system "...uses the underlying... Read more...

Sun Pushes P2P With New Protocol, Verizon Partnership

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:19:51 +0000

Sun CEO Scott McNealy will bring service provider partner Verizon on stage during his keynote at JavaOne on Friday to demonstrate how Juxtapose (JXTA) peer-to-peer technology better enables collaboration between corporate users, Sun executives said.... Read more...

MS02-051: Cryptographic Flaw in RDP Protocol (Q324380)

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:16:34 +0000

Thanks wired57 for making a thread about this in our forum. The Remote Data Protocol (RDP) provides the means by which Windows systems can provide remote terminal sessions to clients. The protocol transmits information regarding... Read more...

Microsoft moves forward to patch flaw in Gopher protocol of IE

Wed, 05 Jun 2002 13:45:45 +0000

A security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser could allow a hacker to take control of a remote computer if its user clicks a link to an outdated Internet protocol, a computer security firm says.... Read more...

IPv6: The Promise, The Problems, The Protocol

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:16:28 +0000

For some time now there has been a great deal of talk -- and even some action -- about the next-generation version of TCP/IP, named IPv6. It's been a long time coming, and for good... Read more...